Letter from a Marine Corps recruit in early 1918
Homer Nycum writes from Philadelphia to Miss Graham in the Central Ray Alumni edition recounting transfers from Paris Island to a Philadelphia radio training site. He describes camp life, submarine drill, the quarantine station, and the rifle range, noting his expert rifleman score, the Ninth Street parade memories, and the value of the Y M C A in daily Marine life.
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Homer Nycum
Central College
The
Central Ray
Signal Battalion
U. S. Marine Brs
Philadelphia
Graham
Paris Island
S. C
Miss Graham
Sam
Leslie
United States Marine Corps
Penn
Goat
Missouri
Atlanta
Slim
Jedge
Big Slim
Island
Old Sol
Marine Corps
Marine Band
Theugles
Uncle Sam
Mase
U. S. Slying
On the Way to Berlin Private Nycum Recalls Signals Training
Private H. C. Nycum recalls twelve weeks of signal corps training in Philadelphia with radio, heliograph, and semaphore work. He describes tents, friends from Cincinnati University, and farflung moves to Cuba, Texas, and Port Royal. The essay ends with plans to tunnel German trenches and install listening posts, vowing not to return until over there.
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Cuba
Texas
Signal
Service
Port Royal
Beaufort
S. C
Philadelphia
Arlington
Lyceum
N.C. C
Victrola Records
Grand Headquarters
H. C. Nycum
Berlin
16 Acre farm in Jasper County Iowa for sale
For sale a 16 acre farm four miles from Prairie City and one mile from a loading station. All good laying land in cultivation and grass with a good house barn and outbuildings and ample water. Orchard. contact L Robbins at 214 Clapp Block Des Moines Iowa or call Walnut 283. 17 20 Nature Cures The Doctor Takes the Doe. Natural cures aided by Chamberlains Cough Remedy relieves lungs liquifies mucus and eases cough to restore health. F D Stubenrauch.
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Prairie City
L. Robbins
Clapp Blk
Des Moines
Iowa
Walnut
Chamberlain
F. D. Stubenrauch
Rheumatic Pain Relieved by Chamberlain Ointment
Mrs S N Finch of Bastavia New Jersey writes that Chamberlain's ointment relieves chest pains and shoulder lameness from rheumatism with prompt relief, praising its reliability.
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Chamberlain
S- N. Finch
Bastavia
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DR. C. I
FOX
Main and Liberty Sts
A. J. Visser
Grand Rapids Veterinary College
den Burger’s Safe Stable
P. A. Edmund
Wagner's Clothing
Aschenbrennner
Geelhoed
T. G. Fultz
Calla
Main Street
Vander Ploeg & DE Reus Lawyers
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Pella
Towa
Vander Zyl Bros
PHLA
F. F. Carpenter
Citizens’ Nat'l Bank
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
NAVY
Naval Reserve Force
Great Lakes
Davenport
Dubuque
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Ft. Dodge
Waterloo
Mason City
Red Oak
George E. Ketterer
J. G
USNFR
Enoch Morgan's Sons CO
Supolio
Jasper County
Sunudine
Lowa Carey
Randy
Iowa Company
State of
Nan
Wolf
Ae Wolf Chemical CO
Quincy
Vander Linden
Marion County
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